Autographic register



May 15, 1934. u L JENSEN 1,959,080

i y AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Aug. 2, 1955 4 sheets-sheet 1 May 15, 1934. JENSEN 1,959,080

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Aug. 26, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER Mayvfls, 1934.

Filed Aug. 2e, 1935 4 Sheets-shea 5 @LU-'0M @f/mi? Patented May l5, 1934 UNITED STATES AU'roGaArmo REGISTER Louis Jensen, Chicago, Ill., assignor to United Autographic Register Company, a corporation of Illinois Application' August 26, 1933, serial No. 686,986

9Claims.

This invention relates particularly to autographic registers and to improved mechanism for alining, feeding and refolding stationery.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple register of the recorder type in which the stationery is initially alined and advanced by an initial'feed device and is provided with mechanism for insuring the` -proper refolding of a record strip within the machine.'

Another object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the initial feed device from being improperly operated which might otherwise tear or get the stationery out of alinement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a safety device which will interfere with 'the withdrawal of the record strip from the locked record compartment by anyone not having a key to the same.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a broken longitu dinal sectional view of the same taken Kas indicated at line 2 of Fig. 5; Fig. 3 is a broken sectional view taken as indicated at line 3 of Fig. 5, showing the feed mechanism in normal writing position; Fig.4, a similar view showing the feed mechanism in advanced position; Fig. 5, a broken plan view of the machine; Fig. 6, a transverse sectional view taken as indicated at line 6 6 of Fig. 5; Fig. '1, an enlarged broken detail view showing the ratchet mechanism ofthe initial feed device; Fig. 8, an elevational view of the pivoted guide-member; and Fig. 9, a broken plan view of a portion of the throat leading to the record compartment.

In the embodiment illustrated, A designates acasing having a bottom wall A', a platen forming top wall A2 which forms a closure for a supply compartment A3, and a closure member A4 for a record compartment A5; B, a skeleton cover providedat its front portion with a tear-off bar B; C, a frictional device for pressing stationery -strips together; and 3D, initial feed-mechanism equipped with a presser-member D' for 'holding the refolded record .strip in proper position.

The casing A may be of any suitable construction, and is shown with a front wall 10 which is pivoted at 11 to the side walls 12. The door is neld in position by the skeleton cover B. The supply compartment A3 is equipped with a front abutment vmember 13 which is attached to the bottom wall A' and serves to hold a packet of stationery 14 in proper position within the compartment. The closure member A4 is pivotally connect'dat 15 to the side walls of the machine and is equipped with a lock 16 to prevent its being opened without a key. The cover A4 supports a pivotally mounted guide member 1'?, supported on a cross shaft 18 and serves to direct refolding of a record strip 14L within the compartment A5.

wardly to engage the bottom of the cover and limit its forward swing. The member is further provided at its lower side with -teeth 20 whose use will be described below. A weight 21 urges the 05 interleaved between the stationery strips 14n 70 and, as shown `in Fig. 6, the carbon strip is led lfrom a carbon roll 24 supported within a housing provided in the supply compartment A3. A skeleton cover is pivotally connected to the casing at v25 and is provided at its rear end with the finger notch 26 to facilitate raising of the cover to insert a packet of stationery The front edge B' of the skeleton cover formsfa tear-oi! edge on which the issuing strip may be severed.

.The frictional device C comprises an upper presser-roll 27, which is journaled in a housing 28 .provided in the front edge 'of the skeleton cover; and a lower presser-roll 294 journaled in a bifurcated rock arm 30 which is rigidly mounted on a rock-shaft 31 and is provided with an ac- 86,.`

tuating arm 32. A spring 33 urges the lower presser-roll upwardly. These rolls normally press the stationery strips 14a together so that when an issuing strip is withdrawn, a record strip is propelled into the record compartment As over a throat-piece 34. Like the guide member, the lower front endportion of the throat-piece is provided with teeth 35. The stationery strips 14l are provided at longitudinally spaced intervals with register perforations 14b and if an attempt 95 nected, upwardly extending arms 43 on which 105 are telescopically mounted register-pins 44 urged outwardly by means of compression springs 45. The pins are adapted to project upwardly through slots 46, provided in the throat-piece 34 and engage register perforations in the strips drawn for- The guide-member is concavo- 00 convex and its central portion 19 is struck for- Wardly over the platen. The shaft is equipped on the outside of the casing with an operat ing handle 47 so that the pins may be rocked forwardly to initially advance and aline the stai tionery. A torsion spring 40a urges the pins rearwardly. In order that the register-pins -may be abruptly retracted at the forward end of their stroke, a rock-shaft 48, journaled inthe standards 41, is equipped with U-shaped finger-pieces 49 which straddle and are adapted to depress the register-pins. The shaft is provided with an actuating arm 50 and a spring 5l which urges the finger-pieces downwardly. A latch 52 is pivotally connected to a standard at 53 and is urged forwardly by a leaf spring 54; As shown in Fig. 3, the latch-member 52 is adapted to hold the arm 50 up in inoperative position. The actuating arm 32, the arm 50 and the latch 52 are all actuated from the main rockshaft 40 by means of a rigidly connected cam member 55. The cam member has an arm 55EL which is adapted to lift the arm 50 into latching position; an arm 55b serves to momentarily release the presser-roll 29 vso that the stationery strips may be alined free from frictional restraint; and the arm 55c serves to release the latch 52 when the pins are rocked to their foremost position.

' the pins, the presser-roll 29 is but momentarily released and this arrangement lessons the chance of the strips getting out of alinement. f

Referring to Fig. 6, it will be seenthat the lower front portion of the skeleton cover B is provided with a plate 56 having slots 57 through which the register pins 44 project after empaling the stationery. The slots are purposely somewhat wider than the pins and the pins are of a particular shape so that they will have less tendency to reengage the perforations on their return stroke (when a ratchet device is not provided on the operating handle). ln the preferred construction, the pins are of the itat type with their upper corner portions weli rounded. n'brder to insure the pins being rocked for ward suciently to enable the retracting mech anisrn to withdraw them from the stationery, a ratchet device of the character shown in Fig. 7 is preferably provided. This mechanism may comprise a bifurcated arm 58 which is rigidly mounted on the shaft 46 and straddles a ratchet arm 59 journaled on shaft 3l. A leaf spring 60 is connected to the standard 44 by means of rivets 6i and is of sufiicient length to hold the ratchet arm 59 out of engagement with the arm 58 during the return stroke of the latter. The arm 58 has a projection 62 which is adapted to release the arm 59 when the pins are returned to their rearmost position, and the arm .58 lifts the arm 59 into its inoperative position just as the pins reach their foremost position. A tension spring 63 is provided to urge the arm 59 downwardly.

When the record strips are propelled into the record compartment they have a tendency to re fold into a zig-zag pack, as shown in Fig. 2. As explained above, the guide member 17 serves to direct this re-folding. However, the reefolded pack is rather loose and in order to compress it and hold the folds in proper position, a presser-member D' is provided. This member comprises a U-shaped arm 65 which is pivotally connected at 66 to rearward extensions 44 of the standards 44. A spring 67 urges the pressermember down into engagement with the pack. However, the main rock-shaft 40 is provided with an arm 68 to engage a roller 69 and raise the arm into the position shown in Fig. 4, whenever the pins are swung to their foremost po' sition. AThe standards 44 are also provided with serrations or saw teeth 70, which extend Iforwardly into the compartment A5, to help prevent the refolded-portions' of the record packet from springing upwardly when the pressermember is raised.

The operation ofthe machine will be readily understood. After a set of forms ,have been lled in, the operatin'ghandle 47 is swung for= wardly and the stationery strips are advanced and alined by the pins. During the first portion of the forward movement, the lower presserroll is momentarily lowered, and at the extreme forward position the pins are retracted by the ngers 49. The pins are returned., retracted, to their rearmost position to engage the next set of perforations in the stationery which may then be advanced by hand.

The foregoing detailed description has been given or clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be under= stood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view L of the prior art.

l claim: Y

l. In an autographic register having a record compartment and a platen over which contin@s nous-form stationery may be led from a `zig=zag l folded supply packet; an initial feed device for.

`advancing said stationery into the record coin`== partment; and means for directing the reiolding of said stationery in the record compartment comprising a pivotally mounted guide member and an upwardly and downwardly movable presser-member actuated by said `feed device.

2. Mechanism as specied in claim l., in which initial feed-device comprises an. oscillatable member equipped with an arm for rocking said presser-member.

3. Mechanism as specified in claim i, in which the feed-device comprises an oscillatable menex ber having a measured forward stroke, and means for preventing retraction of. said oscil= latable member until completion of its forward stroke.

4. An autographic register comprising a casing having a platen-forming top and a record come pertinent; a roch-shaft journale'd in said casing and equipped with normally projected extensible register pins adapted to engage perforations in stationery-strips and advance the strips over said platen; a frictional device adapted to press said strips together so that withdrawal of an.

issuing strip will propel a record strip into said record compartment; and means for releasing and engaging said frictional device with the sta ice tionery during each forward and rearward stroke y of the rock-shaft.

5. Mechanism as specified in claim 4, in which ratchet-means are provided to prevent the roche shaft from being rocked rearwardly until the register-'pins reach their foremost position.

6. An autographic register comprising a cas= ing having a platen-forming top and a record drawal of an issuing strip will propel a record strip into the record compartment; and means actuated by said feed device for releasing and reengaging the frictional device with the stationery during each forward and rearward movement of said feed device. Q

7. In a register: a casing provided with a platen over. which a plurality ot superposed stationery strips provided with register perforations .may be led: a record-compartment having a throat through which a record strip may be received,

said throat being equipped with teeth adapted to engageperforations in stationary retracted therethrough; and a guide-plate pivotally supported near the top of said record compartment adapted to assist in the retolding of said stationery therein, said guide-plate being equipped at its lower edge with teeth adapted to cooperate with said rst mentioned teeth to prevent withdrawal of stationery through said throat..

8. In a register: a casing having a platen over which a plurality of continuous-form stationery strips may be led from a zig-zag folded supply packet, and a record-compartment adapted to receive and store oney o! said strips; Irictional-means adapted to hold said strips in such frictional engagement that the withdrawal of an issuing strip will propel a record/strip into the record-compartment; a presser-member pivotally mounted in said casing to assist in holding a refolded record strip; and oscillatable feed-means for initially advancing the strips and actuating said pressermember.

9. Mechanism as speciiled'in claim 8, in which the casing is equipped near the presser-member with a saw-toothed standard adapted to be engaged by a retolded record-strip when said strip is released by the presser-member. ,f

LOUIS JENSEN.

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